Category: Practical, maintenance & repairAuthor: Neale Byart & Peter CaplenDescription: Practical series Part 4: GRP repairs
This month we investigate the cost of minor GRP repairs on both a DIY and professional basis.

Category: Practical / Practical, maintenance & repairAuthor: Hugo AndreaeDescription: How To: How to carry out minor GRP repairs
GRP hulls are prone to chips and gouges if they make contact with anything solid. Professionals can effect invisible repairs, but what are your chances of doing it yourself?

Category: Practical / Practical, maintenance & repairAuthor: Malcolm ThreadgouldDescription: Practical - GRP hulls
Can you tell osmosis from blistering and antifouling? Cracking GRP from peeling paint? Mere discolouration from rust? In the first for a new series explaining how to differentiate between problems real and problems imagined on your motor cruiser.

Sail repairs on the fly - How to repair a sail on boardMar 2016 p78-80
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